Professor Lenka Fojtíková, Department of European Integration, VŠB-Technical University in Ostrava,“The Connectedness of the EU and China through the Multilateral Trade System”, Czech Republic

Professor Bartosz Michalski, Department of International Economic Relations, University of Wrocław, “Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea. An Empirical Comparative Assessment of Trade Effects from the Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak Perspective”, Poland

Dr Katalin Antalóczy, Department of World Economics and International Trade, Budapest Business School, “National Trade and FDI Policies in the Era of Global Value Chains – the Example of the Visegrad Countries”, Hungary

14.30-14.45 Coffee break

14.45-16.15 Session III “The EU External Policy at a Crossroads Facing New Challenges and Threats from the East and Mediterranean Region”

moderated by Dr Artur Adamczyk, Centre for Europe, University of Warsaw, Member of the Board of PECSA

Speakers:

Dr Olga Barburska, Centre for Europe, University of Warsaw,“The EU External Policy at a Crossroads Facing New Challenges from the East”, Poland

Dr Agnieszka Legucka, The Polish Institute of International Relations/Faculty of Business and International Relations, Vistula University,“EU Policy Towards Ukraine: the Case of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Donbas”, Poland

Dr Roman Kalytchak, Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv,“Quo Vadis Ukraine? – Challenges and Problems”, Ukraine

Mehmet Ozcobanlar, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Management University of Warsaw, Department of Business Administration Anadolu University,“ The EU, Turkey and Russia – The Triangle of Partnership or Rivalry”, Turkey

Dr Costas Koliopoulos, Department of International, European and Area Studies, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences “From Imperial Backwater to Strategic Minefield: The Mediterranean and the EU”, Greece

Dr Anna Visvizi, Foreign Policy Implications of the Sovereign-Debt Crisis: Greece, the EU, and the Mediterranean, International Business, Deree-The American College of Greece, Greece